1413. Bdchneha hispida (Hamilton), plant sub- 

 simple, hispid with long hairs, foliaceous at the base: 

 leaves oblong or lanceolate, dentate, the upper ones 

 linear: spike interrupted, slender, many -flowered: 

 bracts narrow, lanceolate: tube of the corolla short- 

 ly exserted : capsule shorter than the calyx. — Stems 



of ovules in each; the base embraced by a cup- 

 shaped disk. The mature capsule I have not seen. 

 C. salsoloideSf Stocks, not Roth, in D. C. Prod. 



^'Limestone Hill at Hyderabad (Scinde), in flower 

 February 10, 1847." J. E, Stocks— to whom I am 

 indebted for the specimen. 



1-2 feet long, sparingly branched, hispid, with few To my mind, this species is very distinct from that 

 long, spreading hairs, especially towards the base, described by Roth. 



broad, coarsely toothed, sometimes nearly lanceolate 

 and scarcely 3 lines broad. Calyx hispid, floriferous 

 ones about 3 lines long, with very narrow teeth^ 

 fructiferous ones 4 lines long, somewhat inflated. 



Coorg. Jerdon. My specimens are not furnished 

 with the hairs mentioned in the character. The dif- 

 ferences between Bnchnera and Striga do not seem 

 important, the former has the calyx 5-toothed, not 

 ribbed, with the limb of the corolla nearly equally 

 5-lobed. The latter has the tube of the calyx rib- 

 bed, and the limb of the corolla sub-bilabiate. 



1417. MiCRAKGEKiA WiGHTii (Bentham). 

 Herbaceous, rigid, rough, ramous plants. Leaves 



linear, entire or trifid. Floriferous ramuli slender. 

 Flowers subsessile, small: bracts, on the short pedi- 

 cels, oblong: floriferous calyx scarcely a line long. 

 Capsule longer than the calyx; seed minute. 

 Courtallum, flowering August and September. 



1418. Pedicularis Perrottetii (Bentham), 

 small; sparingly pilose; branches simple; leaves 

 deeply pinnatifid, lobes ovate or oblong, crenate: 



To my mind they are of scarcely more than sec- flowers axillary, pedicelled: calyx tubular with the 



tional value, but as my opportunities of becoming 

 acquainted with the two genera have been few, I 

 adopt Mr. Bentham's view, and retain both as given 

 by him. 



1414. Striga Orobanchoides (Benth.), glab- 

 rous, or minutely puberculous, ramous: leaves mi- 

 nute, squamiform; the floral ones lanceolate, scarcely 

 equalling the calyx. — Plant turns black in drying, but 

 when growing, varies from straw colour to reddish 

 yellow, flowers pale blue. Stems from half a foot 

 to a foot high, erect, ramous, many-flowered. Flow- 

 ers alternate or opposite with the attached bractea, 

 equalling the calyx. Tube of the corolla exserted, 

 suddenly bent near the apex. The colour appears 

 to be variable, brownish red, rosy, blue, or white. 



The specimen figured was selected for the pur- 

 pose of showing its parasitical origin, for here it is 

 seen springing from the root of a plant of Lepidaga- 

 this cristata. It does not however confine itself to 

 that plant as its foster mother, but takes root on 

 many others. It is usually met with in red, arid, 

 gravelly soils, the result of decaying granite. 



1415. Ramphicarpa longiflora (Benth.), a low 

 plant, with narrow, linear, pinnatifid leaves : tube of 

 the corolla straight, much longer than the limb: 

 capsule longer than the calyx, with the beak very 

 oblique, somewhat incurved. — A small, very ramous 

 herb, from 3 to 6 inches high: leaves smooth, 

 peduncles very short: segments of the calyx long, 

 linear, L»ceolate : tube of the calyx fi:om an inch 

 to an imm and half long; segments of the limb 



short, broad, emarginate. 



Tellicherry and Cannanore, in moist soil. 



I am indebted to Mrs. Colonel Walker for the 

 specimens here represented. 



1416. Camptjlanthus ramosissimus (R. W.), 

 leaves alternate, sub-spathulate, villous: inflores- 

 cence glabrous: anthers not mucronate. — A low, 

 very ramous shrub. Leaves alternate, apparently 

 somewhat fleshy, obovato-spathidate, obtuse, vil- 

 lous. Racemes sub-corymbose, few-flowered, on 

 the ends of the branches. Calyx short, lobes 

 lanceolate, acute. Corolla about half an inch long, 

 tube curved, lobes of the limb pointed. Lobes of 

 the anthers divaricated, not mucronate. Style 

 short; stigma capitate; ovary 2-celled with 2 rows 



limb, crested: corolla many times longer than the 

 calyx, with a slender tube. — Tube of the corolla 

 from 3 to 3| inches long, the helmet 7-8 lines long, 

 the lip longer, nearly an inch broad, and deeply 3- 

 lobed. Capsules erostrate. 



Koondahs. Jerdon, I have never, in any of my 

 excursions, been so fortunate as to meet with this 

 plant, and therefore only know it from specimens. 



1419. Pedicularis Zeylanica (Benth.), furfur- 

 aceo-pubescent, or rarely nearly glabrous; loose- 

 ly ramous at the base ; branches ascending or erect: 

 leaves petioled, oblong, obtuse, doubly crenate : 

 racemes capitate or elongated : calyx cleft along one 

 side, crestately 2-3-toothed behind: tube of the 

 corolla shortly exserted; helmet incurved, obtuse, 

 erostrate. — Except in the helmet, this species is very 

 nearly allied to P. carnosa, in that it is beaked in 

 front, in this obtuse, beakless. This species which 



is very abundant on the Neilgherries is, when in 

 perfection, a truly beautifiil flower. It varies con- 

 siderably in its nabit, growing, as in the instance 

 selected for representation, quite erect, and havin, 

 very few branches, even at the base, or loosely dif- 

 fuse without any central stem, only a number of 

 loose, procumbent branches, springing on all sides 

 fi-om the crown to the root, each ascending towards 

 the apex and terminating in a more or less eloijgated 

 raceme of beautiful pink flowers. It commences 

 flowering in June and July and continues until the 

 end of the rains. 



Orobanchace^. 



While 



found it necessary to examine, so far as my materials 

 permitted, the structure of the whole order. A sum- 

 mary of the results arrived at, I introduce here, in 

 explanation of the modifications in the grouping, I 

 have felt it necessary to adopt as well as to indicate 

 what I conceive to be the limits of the order. 



As I understand the order, the parts of which it is 

 made up are held together more by habit than struc- 

 ture, namely, "Herbaceous, leafless plants, growing 

 parasitically on the roots of other species; stems 

 covered with brown or colourless scales.*^ Charac- 

 ters taken from the flowers are variable or common 

 to several other families, those taken from the sta- 

 mens and style are of a conflicting kind, and so also 



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